SXSW2009 - Change (v2) - Lawrence Lessig

Session starting
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:31:26 PM
Money breeds mistrust - "I don't trust Wikipedia because it's all advertising"
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:32:22 PM
There's a huge trust gap between doctors and parents
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:33:14 PM
"the APPEARANCE of conflict renders the results questionalble"
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:34:56 PM
context -> doubt -> deadly meme
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:35:21 PM
Doctors can receive payments of up to $250K from drug companies and still be reviewing their drugs for approval.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:35:33 PM
@ Lessig "Change v2" presentation SXSW Austin
by KoryeLogan via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:36:30 PM
Since 2005 americans cannot get rid of credit card debt via bankruptcy
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:37:38 PM
in 01 Hilary Clinton blocked a bill that would protect middle class people from credit card debt
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:38:32 PM
in 03 she voted for the same bill twice. in the interim she received 140k from finance companies
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:39:07 PM
why did she change her mind? the money makes it LOOK like she flipped due to pressure
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:39:31 PM
money poisons trust
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:39:36 PM
It's not that money = evil, but money poisons trust, poisons the possibility of trust.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:39:42 PM
clinton - will ppl believe she gave the right answer for the right reason... is her integrity still intact. all a recognition that money can poison trust, guided not by reason but improper reason...
by michele_perras at 3/14/2009 4:40:01 PM
depencies weaken trust
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:40:02 PM
People who contribute get the ear of the politician. They have access. Access is power.
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:40:56 PM
even gifts as small as pens/mugs change prescribing behaviours. the result of an exchange can be influenced
by michele_perras at 3/14/2009 4:41:12 PM
Talking about Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act. Does it advance the public good? Economists opined that it could not. Congress passed it nonetheless. Just got it wrong. Bad policy. Why?
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:42:31 PM
Sugar industry got Senate to threaten WHO to back down from <10% of daily caloric intake should come from sugar. Sugar industry got a a 25% standard implemented through FDA. Easy policy question, we got it wrong.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:43:53 PM
Lawrence Lessig in the house. Personal hero. "money poisons trust". #sxsw
by santisiri via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:44:16 PM
The sugar lobby (sugar lobby?!?) forced the US Gov't to withdraw from a world health org policy that stated a max of 10% of daily caloric intake should come from added sugar.
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:44:27 PM
Watcccching Larry Lessig's Change 2.0 presentation. He is the absolute master of keynote. #sxsw
by rellimluap via twitter edited by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:45:01 PM
Congress keeps getting the easy policy issues wrong. Finance, nutrition, global warming, etc. Why? Are they idiots, or are they guided by a dependency that drives them to insane action?
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:45:53 PM
1785, 2 years before the constitution was drafted there was widespread corruption in the gov't
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:47:00 PM
Now @lessig is hitting his stride: money corrupts. access is power. public policy failures abound. failure of reason. dependencies. #sxsw
by davealevine via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:47:18 PM
#sxsw Lessig. climate change is another example - of gov. getting it wrong. Guided by dependency who corrupts results. Independence is key!
by trinemaria via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:47:19 PM
"Public policy is guided by dependency" L. Lessig #sxsw
by warrickt via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:47:21 PM
Government gets questions wrong because full of idiots or guided by something other than reason, by dependency. #lessig #sxsw
by Kabren via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:47:24 PM
bribery wasn't a crime in congress until 1853
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:47:57 PM
Jack Abramoff, Duke Cunningham, Stevens - same as it ever was??
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:48:42 PM
There is corruption today, but it's not the same as it was.
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:49:00 PM
It's corruption of a different kind. These are not evil people. These are good souls that act in a way to corrupt the system.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:49:26 PM
maplight.org money and politics
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:51:26 PM
money buys results in congress. Is it true?
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:51:46 PM
constant attention to money for the purpose of being re-elected. Spend between 30 and 70% of total time working on being re-elected
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:52:49 PM
Corruption fed by dependency on money to secure tenure in Congress, for the purpose of being re-elected. Spending 30-70% of time raising money for re-election. Develop a sense for what they can do to raise money. Are addicts. Very strong metaphor!
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:53:05 PM
Members of congress become addicts. How can they get their next fix? Model of addict/pusher is very appropriate.
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:53:29 PM
productivity of lobbyists (pushers) is increasing
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:54:11 PM
Who are the Pushers? The lobbying industry. Not against lobbyists per se, rather the economy of influence around them. The price/hour for a lobbyist and the number hours exploding, the spending clearly has high returns.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:54:22 PM
The business model of DC is that people work in government for 7.5 years and then spin out to K street. Big payoffs in the lobbying industry. Noone in the system has an interest to work against this system. They are dependent upon it. It is the career plan.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:55:25 PM
"Congress is the farm league of K Street." -Lessig #sxsw
by chrismessina via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:55:39 PM
congress is increasingly a farm league for k street says lessig #sxsw. the business model in dc is work in govt and then spin out to k st
by reginahopper via twitter at 3/14/2009 4:56:01 PM
Congressmembers and aides consistently go into the lobbying business. They need lobbyists to exists so that they can grab the golden ring after their service
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:56:12 PM
"How are we going to raise money from the telecoms if we deregulate it?"
by flashlight at 3/14/2009 4:56:38 PM
This is called extortion: government regulating as a way to get leverage for getting money back through lobbying.
by remarkk at 3/14/2009 4:57:06 PM